Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics

by Allen Johnson

[635] Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 17-18.

[636] "I spoke rapidly, without preparation," he afterward said. Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 47.

[637] Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 18.

[638] New York Tribune, December 9, 1857.

[639] New York Tribune, December 10, 1857.

[640] Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 21-22.

[641] Globe, 5 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 120.

[642] Ibid., p. 137.

[643] Chicago Times, December 24, 1857.

[644] Ibid., December 23, 1857.